It pays to ask...

[bigferret]

So, me and the wife are out trolling for used games at our normal spots today when we stop by a little game shop we like. After checking everything out (lots of PS, Nintendo, SNES games, etc.) we start talking to the owner and my wife mentions I like Atari stuff.

 

The owner then goes to the back and comes out with a box of loose games and manuals she had back there because she didn't have room to display them in the shop.

 

Anyway, I picked up:

 

Air-Sea Battle w/manual

Video Olympics

Breakout w/manual

Othello

Gunslinger

Space Cavern w/manual

Frogs and Flies w/manual

Demon Attack

 

Plus manuals for:

Combat

Atlantis

Cosmic Ark

Star Voyager

 

I know it's nothing too special, but I got all of it for 8 bucks and it was such a cool feeling to find the games after not seeing anything Atari related in that store for several months. And all because my wife just asked about Atari

 

BTW, I'm not really interested in the manuals, so if anyone would like them, send me a message and I'll send them to you. It's the least I can do considering all the enjoyment I get from the community here.

[brett6400]

congrats on the find!

 

i recently found a bunch of atari carts at a salvation army for $.99 each. nothing too special but the bunch did include towering inferno and, one of my favorites, river raid.

[bigferret]

The manuals have found a home.....

[ATARIPITBULL]

Actually you have two good finds Bigferret, You made a nice litle score on those games and you have a wife that is willing to go places with you to find old Atari games, so other wifes would not do that.

 

[MegaManFan]

Actually you have two good finds Bigferret, You made a nice litle score on those games and you have a wife that is willing to go places with you to find old Atari games, so other wifes would not do that.

 

     

 

Mine goes with me on most of my hunts, especially on weekends.

[Albert]

Awesome score! It certainly doesn't hurt to ask about old Atari games (or games for other classic systems) when you visit a smaller video game shop. They often don't have the space to put out games like that, even though they may take them in for trade (probably offering 25 cents a game, if that). I can only imagine how many Atari 2600 systems and games get traded in, to be lost forever in the dark corner of the back storeroom, or worse, thrown out because it's not worth the store's effort to try and sell them. I've gotten some pretty good deals at stores like this and have had better luck obtaining games this way than at flea markets, garage sales, and the like.

 

..Al

[bigferret]

I can't remember if I posted about this or not, but at this same store about two months ago they used to have a decent sized portion of one wall devoted to 2600 and 7800 games (some even NIB). I had seen the selection on several occasions, but never got around to picking too many games up - until one day I got the bug to run down there on the motorcycle and simply grab everything me and the missus had decided would be fun to play.

 

Imagine my surprise when I walk in and see that my Atari wall had been replaced with a bunch of common NES stuff. When I asked the owner what happened, she replied that some guy had come in and bought every Atari item she had in one purchase. On a subsequent visit she told me she saw the lot of games up on Ebay.

 

I know I shouldn't have been upset that I missed out on getting some more games from her because I didn't act fast enough, but it did burn me a bit that someone (probably fueled by the infamous Antique Roadshow episode) simply grabbed all the games to sell them again.

 

Damnit! I would have played them - not sold them!